hey guys chrisfix here and today is a
very exciting day after getting this car
from the auction getting it running
cleaning it up and getting it ready to
drift the drifting is finally ready
today I'm going to learn how to drift
for the very first time man oh man am I
pumped now I brought a ton of gear
because I don't know what I'm gonna need
so my friends bringing my truck along
which is filled with tires tools camera
gear and anything I could think they put
in there but before we head over to the
track I have two things I want to do all
right now before I get to the track and
I start drifting one of the most
important things for drifting is having
both rear tires
lock up if only one tire spins the
limited-slip differential is not working
and it needs a rebuild that also means
that today's drifting is going to be
very difficult
hopefully we spin both tires at the same
time so the moment of truth let's see
all right that is good news both tires
lock up and it walk out real hard which
is perfect now that we know that let's
take care of the second thing on the
list now we are going to go get some gas
because I am at a half a tank and I
think it's a good idea to have gas
before we go drifting for the whole day
I don't know how much fuel I'm going to
use again first time ever rather be safe
than sorry so let's go get some fuel gas
here is currently a dollar eighty a
gallon so not bad and this tank is a 16
gallon tank so we should have plenty of
gas for the whole day all right with a
full tank it's time to head to the track
so to be completely honest with you guys
I'm pretty nervous
I've never drifted before and I have no
clue what to expect and I don't know how
well I'm going to do heck it's only been
like two months since I started driving
stick the whole idea of this drift car
series is to show you guys you could get
out there with an inexpensive car no
experience and learn how to drift and
have a good time and you're going to see
that firsthand now I know I'm nervous
but I'm also super excited to get
started learning how to drift and I'm
excited to show you this entire process
that's also why I'm drifting with a
completely stock car the idea is that
you want to control or a baseline so
after this event I'll know exactly what
I need to do to the car and we are here
at Raceway Park I need to get to the
drivers meeting and then I'll get the
car past tech inspection and then I'll
be drifting right over there so let's
get to that drivers meeting now the
drivers meeting is just the guys running
the event reminding you of the rules and
safety precautions like this you go up
tracks take your card to knock it out
unless you're on fire they will see you
they will send a tow
so they will pull you out however there
are only two new drifters including
myself so we got some one-on-one
instruction which was straightforward
and helpful next we have tech inspection
all right so we're going to do a tech
inspection for all the things that I put
in the car to get it ready for drifting
how you doing Chris good move
nice to meet you so Luis is going to be
our tech inspector and he's going to go
through everything all right Chris so
everything's stock sort of fuel lines
and everything from the fact you're
getting to fine
you haven't changed it all the clamps
are good your battery secure that's good
you have a heat shield protecting the
reservoir from the header so that
finally get hot and boil over everything
in the engine bay is good toast wrap for
when you go off oh you might go off
optimism wishful thinking get in the car
factory seat you're fine Stark seat belt
it's tight so you're good there and you
have your helmet which we have you have
a brand new sa 2015 awesome now the
wheels are on the car so it's a good
plus all the lug nuts tow strap in the
rear you got nothing loose in the car to
interfere with your driving everything
is pretty much simple you got a good
start and you'll be good awesome
so first tech and tech inspection when
awesome man you did it very much I
appreciate it so we'll mark you up in
you you'll be good to go go out there
ask questions all the instructors are
willing to help make you into an awesome
driver beautiful I appreciate it
we'll get you marked up and you go have
fun
see group yep thanks again absolutely
okay let's get down to the track can you
get a picture of me for Instagram that
knows our the famous last words right
wish me luck
okay so again this is my first time
drifting and I'm hoping that you guys go
easy on me in the comments section I'm
going to try not to crash or load the
drips thing got to make sure I don't hit
any crowds of people either all kidding
aside I want to learn the course and
learn the car and hopefully I could get
sideways and drift at least once real
quick this is the back track where all
the beginners learn how to drift there
are three main turns that I'm going to
focus on now you line up at the grid
where you have a straightaway that goes
into turn one turn one starts off as a
gradual turn then gets sharp and goes
uphill so this is probably the hardest
turn to learn after that we have turned
2 which is a long sweeping curve which
goes right into turn three the final
turn which is a hairpin turn and that is
the back track
beautiful thank you at this point I'm
going to voiceover what I was doing and
thinking because I wanted to focus on
driving and not talking my strategy was
to be in first gear snapped that
steering wheel and then hit the gas to
try to get the rear end loose
surprisingly there was no grip in the
front end which you will notice I almost
went off the track here there's also a
lot more grip in the rear than I was
expecting so I need to give it more gas
when I go into the turn coming up the
turn - and I used the same strategy but
this time I hit the gas a little too
hard and spun out and I stalled the car
one thing I learned quickly is hit the
clutch when you spin out so you don't
stall the engine
and then when turn three I started to
get the feel for how much guesses enough
gas and while I didn't drift I got my
first taste of slightly sideways on a
turn so that was my first run ever was
over I did oh stop boy I'm just here to
observe for now okay so this is Rhys
who's an instructor at Club loose and
he's going to give me some pointers on
how to drift on the first run he's just
watching to see how I get around the
track turn one was an exciting one and I
went off-roading
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and for turn two I just didn't have
enough speed or power to break the rear
end loose using my technique and again
for turn three I wasn't able to break
the rear end loose and there was a bunch
of understeer so I know that was pretty
bad but now's when Reis really helped
and that's also when the battery of my
camera inside the car died so you can't
hear anything he's teaching me to make
the best of the situation don't worry
I'll be doing a video all about how to
drift so the rest of the day was me
practicing and trying new techniques
that I was being taught like clutch
kicking you could watch my left foot tap
on the clutch to disengage and engage
the clutch real quickly as I'm giving it
gas to snap those rear tires loose so I
went at it all day long run after run
after run after run I think I got close
to 25 runs in and I spun out a few times
well okay I spun out a lot and I went
off the track a lot but how else are you
supposed to learn and each time I went
off the track or each time I spun out I
learned something new and I just got
that much more experience on how the car
handles and thank you Reese for your
perseverance and teaching me because
then it all started to click I was
starting to break the rear end loose and
sort of controlling and on my final run
it happened I was able to drift turn -
and it felt amazing to actually feel
what a controlled drift feels like and I
was also getting better at turn three
so that's where I'm at right now skill
wise now that was my first time drifting
and I'm hooked but I have a lot of work
to do to get better so I want to show
you guys what it's like to drift when
you have years of experience and in this
case you're one of the best drifters in
the world so I have a little surprise
I'd like you guys to meet the two-time
Formula Drift champion Chris Forsberg
who started drifting right here at
Raceway Park so right behind me is my
Nissan 240sx that I've built for events
like this coming out and partying with
my friends it's got a turbocharged ka
engine which is the factory horse owner
that comes to these cars and then from
there a couple upgrades to the
drivetrain to make sure it stays
rock-solid all throughout the weekend we
have a nice on 350 C transmission we
have a lock through differential to keep
both tire spinning driving a drift car
it's awesome it's like being in control
of a roller coaster without rails now
it's like it's just a full adrenaline
rush there's so many things going on but
it's a lot smoother in the car that you
would think so
on that note why don't we just hop on in
the car and go for a ride
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Holy Smoke kitchen Oh
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and what a day that was an unbelievable
experience between learning had a drift
for the very first time to riding
shotgun with Chris Forsberg if there's
one thing I got from today it's that I'm
hooked I really can't wait to get back
in the car
practice and get better I wanted to give
myself a day to come down from all the
excitement and review the video footage
I took so I could end this video with
what I learned now I'm glad we started
out with a completely stock car because
I learned a lot about the car and what
we need and here's one thing that we
definitely need we need new tires the
tires on both sides in the front are
completely down to the belt and have no
grip which is probably why I had so much
understeer and another thing
contributing to the understeer is the
suspension it was highly recommended by
a bunch of drifters at the event that I
get rid of the stock shock and spring
and go with a nice set of coil overs the
coil overs will not only bring the ride
height down just a little bit but it'll
stiffen up the ride and make the
suspension more adjustable now we're
talking about the ride height it was a
great idea not to touch the ride height
because you guys saw I went off-road a
lie so this off-road suspension here was
perfect at plenty of room for suspension
to travel I also had plenty of room for
my bumper not to get ripped off so until
I start getting better I'm going to keep
the car around this ride height and
going along with that understeer we also
had a lot of brake fade I was using the
brakes a lot cause I wasn't really
drifting too much so I need to replace
the brakes and speaking of the brakes
another thing that I need to do is get
an e-brake
you guys might have saw at one point in
the video I was reaching for the e brake
right in the beginning but it's so far
away from the steering wheel that is
kind of uncomfortable to grab over here
and I just didn't feel confident yet so
I'm going to get a hydraulic ebrake the
handles going to be right here right
near the shifter right near the steering
wheel and that's going to help a lot
speaking of shifter although you don't
shift too much it's really first gear
second gear maybe third gear I want to
be able to shift with nice tight crisp
shifts this thing is like growing a boat
so I want to get a short throw shifter
and the last thing for the interior are
these seats I need to get rid of these
seats there is no side support and you
clearly see it was hard to stay planted
in my seat so with the racing seat we'll
have bigger bolster so I'll stay planted
in the seat eventually I'll get a
harness but with a harness on the roll
cage and then with a roll cage racing
seats and a harness probably need a
quick release
doing wheel but for now I just want to
get some racing seats and then there's
one more thing it doesn't really help
with drifting but I kind of want it
because I've always wanted an exhaust on
my car so an exhaust on the car is gonna
help the car breathe better it's going
to make it sound really good while it's
going around the track but now I have a
really good idea of what I need to do to
this car to get it ready to drift which
is all part of the learning process and
finally I want to end with this sure I
learned a lot but I feel like the
biggest takeaway is to go out there and
try something new so whatever it is that
you guys want to do stop thinking about
it and just go do it as always I hope
you enjoyed the video stay tuned because
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